Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-01
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around Collin vile, and it is thought the

around Collin vile, snd it is thought the
yield will average ten bushels to the acre.
The probabilities are that Cooper will
| have railroad, q new Jail, new church
and cotton yard ere another twelve months
roll away.
! Wax beans and blsckberries are being
shipped from Collinsville, which prom
| Uses to be fomous for small fruits and
! vegetables.
1t is thought the cotton crop of Jones
county will be 9 heavy one this year.
Wheat is beginning TO ripen and will soon
| be harvested.
Plenty of water. good range and arabic
land in Msrtin county. The corn is grow
ing rapidly and the prospect is favorable
for good crop
Fruit culture will become an industry
in Martin county. Grape vines and peach
trees flourish, and the fruit is finely
favored.
The Marble Falls Alliance intend
erecting & cotton and wooden factory.
The Marble Falls have been purchased for
site at the cost Of 100000.
The town of Aubury, Denton county,
which was burned down in March, is be-
ing rebuilt west of the railroad, on what
is known as Edwards addition.
The corn and cotton prospect is report
ed as excellent ia all parts of Burleson
county, and oats will turn out much bet
ter than was expected some time ago.
The scholastic population of Abilene
numbers 46l. This includes sll between
eight and sixteen years of sge. OF the
above number only fifteen are colored.
William Y. Burktns of Willis committed
suicide last week by shooting. He was
COnvsleecjng from typhoid fever, and was
evidently suffering from fit OF despoo-
denCy.
Farmers in Baylor county are jubilant.
Oats in abundance are almost assured.
Tae finest prospects for corn and cotton
ever seen, whest fair crop, and stock
all fat.
The Honey Grove Compress Company
have contracted for one of Morris latest
improved and largest presses. 1t is to be
in running order Dy the middle Of Sep.
tembe~.
The crop prospects in Denton county
are good. Some farmers average their
wheat crop at twenty bushels to the acre,
aud oats at from sixty to seventy bushels
per acre.
The arrangements just perfected for
the establishment of q cotton compress IN.
Gainesville provide that the press shall
be up and ready for operation by Sep
TENDER l. Il
The Citizens Exchange of BroWnwood
has appointed committee on agriculture
to gather information on that subject
from farmers and the sub-sIliances of
Brown county.
The recent rains have rendered the
farmers of San Saba county more hope
full. Corn is in tassel, fair Oat crop
will be made, grass is growing and stock
of al, kinds improving rapidly.
Pilot Point wants q brass band, electric
lights and water works, one more street
car line, better opera house, a fire en-
CINE and company, street sprinkler and
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe.
The people of Henderson are becoming
enthusiastic over the cannery business
TIE factory is now being built, and in
short time Henderson claims that it will
be the greatest fruit market in Texas.
Lee Menor, foreman of the Bar S ranch,
which is located at the head of Middle
Concho, eighty miles west of San Angelo,I
has recently had completed bored, well
393 feet deep. The well cOntainsaE ever
lasting supply OF extra good water and is
reCkoned the deepest well in Tom Green
county.
Reports from the farmers OF different
parts of Ellis county are that the crops
are in e fourishing condition Wheat and
oats have come out remarkably since the
rains and the yield of both will be good. |
Corn and cotton also are growing finely. |
There Is, however, need of more rain in
the southern portion, where the late rains |
were light. I
C0manche Chief: There never has
been more energy displayed in any cOun-
try than is now put forth by the inhGbi- !
tants of this western section of the state. !
Everything is push and life, and the way
that the virgin soil is yielding to the per-
sistent attacks OF the sturdy plowman is |
sufficient to restore confidence to every |
branch of industry.
Austin Dispatch: A cracker factory, |
coffee roasting establishment, q fruit |
cannery, spice and faYoring extract fac
tory, a wooden and cotton factory, iron
works and factory to manufacture |
wooden ware are all talked of very seri- !
Ously LOT AUSTIN IN tne near future. |
These, with the new Union depot, the St. |
Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad Wilt
give Austin something of a boom that is |
based on solid value instead of specula-
ton.
The Edna Progress says: A strange /
and remarkable freak, of nature is reported |
to US and is worthy of notice. During
the month CT December last Mr.. f. G. |
Branch, living in the lower part 'of this
county, cut from the forest black locust
sapling about seven inches in circumfer-
ence, and placed it overhead in his
smoke-house upon which to hang and
cure bacon. This pole which is still
where it was placed in December, has
sprouts, verdant, and from twelve to
twenty-four inches in length.